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. 2009 Aug;15(8):1206–1213. doi: 10.3201/eid1508.081511

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Relationship between the emergence of pertussis toxin promoter 3 (ptxP3) strains and the epidemiology of pertussis in the Netherlands, 1989–2004. A) Temporal trends in the frequencies of ptxP3 strains and notifications. In this period 99% of the strains harbored either ptxP1 or ptxP3. B) Shift in age-specific distribution of notifications.